Ridley Scott set “Black Rain” (1989), with Michael Douglas, amid the neon of the Ebisubashi bridge in Dotonbori.
Nicknamed “the nation's kitchen”, Osaka hosted from 1730 the Dojima Rice Exchange, the world's first officially licensed futures market.
In Shinsekai, Janjan Yokocho alley serves fried kushikatsu under Tsutenkaku Tower: dip your skewer in the shared sauce only once.